Financial Control – Structured Capital Market recruitment

Interested candidates may send their CV directly to Joyce Lim at joyce.lim@kaskal-executive.com

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Job Description:
Full ownership of the control, accounting and management of the P and L and Balance Sheet of legal entities in the Structured Capital Markets area

Main Duties

The role is within the Structured deal control team and involves the following:

• The applicant will be responsible for the accounting of a variety of financial instruments involved in structured transactions. This may include fair value hedging instruments.

• The applicant would also be the site accountant responsible for the legal entities involved in the structure. They will have responsibility for the PL and balance sheet of the entities.

• Prepare management month end reporting for the entities involved within the structures covering trade PL, balance sheet movements, intercompany mismatches, and tax entries.

• The applicant will be required to understand the solus and consolidated accounting treatment applicable to the structure.

• The applicant will be required to work with front office to resolve accounting issues and queries in relation to the structures they are responsible for.

• The role requires the applicant to prepare financial statements for a number of legal entities under IFRS and UK GAAP.

• To perform quarterly consolidated financial reporting for the Group and document any applicable hedge effectiveness testing.

• To continue to improve and encourage a strong controls framework within the team.

Person Requirements

• Qualified chartered accountant (ACA or equivalent).

• Preferably some exposure to the financial services sector.

• A good technical understanding of accounting concepts in accordance with IFRS (UK GAAP would be beneficial but not absolutely necessary).

• A good communicator with the confidence to deal with front office and senior finance management on complex accounting issues

• A strong practical understanding of the importance of a rigorous controls environment.

• The ability to pick up concepts quickly and challenge existing thinking and processes.

• The candidate should be able to understand accounting entries and apply these in a practical manner.

• An enthusiastic team player

• Strong Excel skills

• 5-10 years work experience.